source: general/prog/python311.xml

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<sect1 id="python311" xreflabel="Python-&python311-version;">
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  <title>Python-&python311-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="python311">
    <primary sortas="a-Python3.11">Python3.11</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Python 3.11</title>

    <para>
      The <application>Python 3.11</application> package contains an
      older version of the <application>Python</application> development 
      environment. This is <emphasis role="bold">only</emphasis> needed for 
      building specific programs in BLFS
      that have not updated their build systems to support 
      <xref linkend="python3"/> (e.g <xref linkend="firefox"/>, and
      <xref linkend="thunderbird"/>, <xref linkend="seamonkey"/>)
    </para>

    <note>
      <para>
        Do NOT install this package if you are not installing one of 
        the above programs.
      </para>
    </note>

    &lfs121_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&python311-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &python311-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &python311-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &python311-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &python311-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Python 3.11 Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="sqlite"/> (required if building firefox or thunderbird)
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Python 3.11</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>Python 3.11</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>CXX="/usr/bin/g++"                     \
./configure --prefix=/opt/python3.11   \
            --disable-shared           \
            --with-system-expat        &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Since this package is only used in very limited situations,
      tests are not recommended.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <command> CXX="/usr/bin/g++" ./configure ...</command>: Avoid an annoying
      message during configuration.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>--prefix=/opt/python3.11</parameter>: This installs python
      3.11 into /opt in order to avoid conflicts with the system version of
      python, and allows for easy removal/isolation once programs update to
      python3.12 or later.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>--disable-shared</parameter>: This switch disables building
      shared libraries. Since all the packages that need python-3.11 have built
      in modules and don't directly link to python, it is safe to turn off
      shared library support.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>--with-system-expat</parameter>: This switch enables linking
      against the system version of <application>Expat</application>.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          python3.11
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libpython3.11.a
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /opt/python3.11/include/python3.11, and
          /opt/python3.11/lib/python3.11,
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="python311-ver">
        <term><command>python3.11</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a version-specific name for the <command>python</command>
            program
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="python311 python311-ver">
            <primary sortas="b-python3.11">python3.11</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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